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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, § 57 (2026)

Proceedings if trustee is charged for specific property

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Section 57. If a person is charged as trustee by reason of personal property other than money, which he holds or is bound to deliver to the defendant, he shall deliver it, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the officer holding the execution, who shall sell the property and apply and account for the proceeds in the same manner as if the property had been taken on execution.

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Cited in 1 case, 2011–2011 · leading case: Rubin v. Islamic Repub. of Iran, 810 F. Supp. 2d 402 (D. Mass. 2011).
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Rubin v. Islamic Repub. of Iran, 810 F. Supp. 2d 402 (D. Mass. 2011). “) Chapter 246 of the Massachusetts General Laws provides that “the goods, effects or credits of the defendant” in the possession of a trustee may be “attached and held to respond to the final judgment,” M.”
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